Weather Records on 29 August 1937

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1937. Highest significance: Nanaimo, CA.

Key Facts for 29 August 1937

On 29 August 1937, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 417 daily.
Nanaimo set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 29 August 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 29 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farrukhabad	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 29 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1937

Top 20 records on 29 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1937	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1937	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1937	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1937	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Evanston 1 E, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Agra, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Tufanganj, IN	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Browning, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Tikamgarh, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Bemidji, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Mau, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Farrukhabad, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Adrian 2 NNE, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Brockport, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Lisbon, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Ghaziabad, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Quesnel, CA	monthly low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1937	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1807 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1937. 1937 had 430 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	265
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2